Nope. We've had many lively debates on this. The NFL's rule was very convoluted, but what it came down to was that you could not defer. You had to choose to receive or kick, essentially.

The end of the 5 yard facemask rule is welcome, but I'm not sure about the forceout. Seems open to abuse. On the other hand, penalizing incidental facemasks seemed pedantic, and I'm glad it's been done away with.

I've never felt like the force out rule was causing any problems, I wonder why they decided to change it. I really dont understand how this is going to work, the DBs will just heave any reciever OB when they are anywhere near the sideline on a catch.

If a direct snap from cener that does NOT touch the QB is now considered a live ball, does that mean that, say in very short down situations, the center could fake the snap and plow ahead with the ball???????